Moses newton



" (No Model.)

*Paper for Packing, Lining, and other Purposes.

No;235',449. Patented Dec. 14, 1880.

1 fUN TED ST TES- PATENT OFFICE.

MOSES NEWTON, OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR "TO THE NEWTON PAPER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PA PER-F R PAC K'l Ne, L1 NlNSGfAND 0TH ER- PU RPOSES.

SPECIFICATION forming. part of Letters Patent 'No.i-2 ',44=9, datedDeceniber 14, 1880. I i Application filed November-8,1880. (No model.) i

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, Moses NEWTON, of

Holyoke, in thecounty of Hampden andState of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain 1m provements in Paper for Packing, Lining, and other Purposes, of which thefollowing is a specification. a

My invention. relates to paper for packing and lining purposes,designed, by reason of its elasticity, to preventthe fracture of fragile articles surrounded by or enveloped in it, and

. flutes, or corrugations extending in zigzag or irregular lines acrossits face, in contradistinc.

tion to straight parallel corrugations extending in one direction only.

Figure 1 oftheaccompanying drawings rep resents aiface view, and Fig. 2 a cross-section,

of my improved paper.

Paper for 'iacking'purposes, for carpet-linings, and similar uses has hitherto been corrugated or fluted, all the corrugations, however, extending in one and the same direction, each parallel with the others.

In the practical use of such paper it has been found that when the paper is'subjected to pressure the corrugations flatten out, that thepaper isliable also to fold readily or curl up unless held at the edges, and that comparatively little elasticity is secured.

, To overcome these difficulties I form the paper, or provide the same after it is formed, with corrugations, flutings, or easy gradual folds arranged in zigzag or irregular lines in such manner that a piece of the paper large enough to include corrugations extending in more than one direction cannot be bent or folded in any direction, except, perhaps, a small space at the corners, without crossing some of the corrugations, whereas the paper having only the straight parallel corrugations may be folded from sideto side onthe line of the creases or fluting. In other words, the paperhaving only the straight corrugations extendingall in one direction may be flattened out completely by pressure acting in one direction only, and in folding may be doubled along any one of the corrugations without encountering any cross-fold, whereas the paper corrugated in zigzag or irregular lines can only beflattenedout by pressure acting simultaneo isly in two or more directions, the corrugations in'onedirection serving to support and stiffen thosein another direction.

In t he'drawings, A represents a piece of paper having the corrugations arranged in .accordance with my plan.

As illustrated-in the drawings, the corrugations consist of two elements or parts, a I), each consistingof a short corrugation meeting; the other at an angle, the two elements .ous line arranged in the form of a spiral; or a series of concentric corrugations may be em ployed. v

The invention consists, broadly, in arranging the corrugations otherwise than-in a straight line, and so long as this principle is retained the form or direction of the corrugations may be modified as desired.

The use of the paper is not confined to packing purposes or to lining carpets and the like, but may be extended to sheathing and like purposes, and the quality of the paper, its finish, texture, 860., may be varied at will.

I am aware that it has been sought to render the paper provided with straight corrugations free from danger of flattening down by placing cotton or other filling in the under sides of the corrugations, retaining it therein by a separate sheet secured to the under side of the first.

By my plan I avoid the additional expense of the filling and the retaining sheet, and at the same time provide a superior article.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a paper for packing, lining, and similar purposes, provided with corrugations extending in irregular lines, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The herein-described paper, consisting of the body A, having short corrugations a 1) formed in its face at an angle to each other.

MOSES NEWTON.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK HUBBARD, ELLA Claims. 

